Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-20
A sAMARITAEs EXPERIENCE.


Graphic Discoufhgenient Tor the dincn-
tio.. of ,ne Type Of Phiianthro. lists.
A newspaper man Of wide acquaint-
ance ana zen olent disposition was GO
lug home one night not long ago when
he iell In, al TIE doorway of hotel,
with a person OF some consequence In
the community, VINO had tarr.ed much
too long over the wine cup ana wa' IN
state where disgrace II not harm might
come to him IL he were not got safely
home very soun.
Bless me = said the newspaper man
TO himself. heres n chance 10 40 Tue
good Samaritan. I'll have to handle
Job,on carefully, because he Is very
drunk, anu odroitly steer hlm nome
while seeming 10 let hlh nave MS Own
way
80 he stoppel and fell int ea-y con.
yersation vita JOhsoh, ana presently
said
well, | must be- going home, Jobson.
Wont vuu walN along with me:
"shrrl mis-. ol bO, snertn ly,' said
Jobsun. A" Urea ey pleasuren e wari
snre a man nome. Come n long, ole
I ON, Ghu ions.
They : out ogether, the newspaper
man sup or lus the unsteady movements
OF MS compad on.
Surr.puN tnr Irrmer remen b red that
he uiuu know where j bsolI hy,,i, eN-
cept lnal II WAS somewhere away OF IA
me sou her. uutskiIts OF the q y, n fear
tul distance beyond hIs own house. But
he didii uare 10 ask any questions that
would suggest u Jobson that he was
TAXI him home. aud simply depended
on the impetus in the right direction to
carry them along.
Presently they reached the newspaper
mans house, and Jobson insisted on
leaving him there But the newspaper
man grew veIy brotherly and kept JoU-
son gong.
TIE laIlcr protested that the night
was dan, and cailly, ihat IL va Ia {
do Tor ia, ,Ae journalist, to stay uut,
and 81 oH. But the nswspapur man
Kept him gong and gul !.
Tue T. wasn't n ear ora carr.ag a
the good SauaTllal woH du nave daie
10 lake oue IL r.rr ha been. IL -Iew
very LOT, a.!u he Thought of his Ow,i
vile &c NJ mp in aiaiHh '' h'S aoseuee'
But he Wa u Tor II.
Along Iuwtr morning they reached a
door which 10 son, who had grown
drInker All dr. nker, seemed to have a
friendly i9t"rt'st ia.
The newspaper man ried IL, and Mrs.
Jobson came % g." door.
"All ri old girl" sal Johson my
fr'en' seen me home, nov | mus shee
him no e. Goo night, OIL. girl! Can't
le, him g. one lone in this damp air"
IL Oud So M that noticing coulI re-
strain ~ son from starting back to
town with hi companion. Finallr he
insisted, IA compromise, that the news
paper man shuu u stay all night with
him.
Mrs Jobson gave an appealing look,
and the journalist consented, thinking to
gei Jolson in the house and then slip
out by his wife's aid. But once In, job
son insisted that he must sleep with
him u grew very ugly when he tried
10 get out o. IL.
And So the unfortunate newspaper
man went up TO bed with The drunkard.
who took of his coat only whe his
Trend iii 4, and wouldn't touch a single
buttoI until the other hal unfastened
the currr- = "'ding one, and wouldn't get
into b II UnIil the other hal.
Al last 9th were snugl under the
!, she | and the newspaper man was
whiting eagerly for some sign that his
compan on was asleep. when Jobsoa ex-
elaine
Great --, ole fellow, did you shay
your prayers.
No.
By zhe ole Harry, get up and shay
your pray, r. AN Ill shay mlne."
The u spaPsr IN ~ got up and knelt
at one side ol .ut bed and JObson at tue
other. When the rriIu a we're CON-
pleied, both 90 uacn Into ted, anu IN
about five mlnu.es JoUson began TO
snore loudly.
The newspaper m N aw his opYor-
tunI y. lie rose stcaithily. put on has
uu.erclotnIng Win lirmDung halus,
snvaked down tue STAIRS With ui- dter
garments IN his arms, an d IL r'd h,s
dressing below. Then he ia ie llr Weep
ing Mr.. JoDson good morning, md
s,Hr,ed Tor ni- own mousse.
IL was broad day light when lie reached
home, aud he Iuund another weeping
woman there 10 gree him.
Tue next tme HAD "a drunken man
makn- night Of it, the neNs s,,aper
man says now, he can make n!ght OF
IL for all me. have a.. enough Of
tie good Samaritan Duslncss " lasL me
ali my life. II Boston Record.